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訊
简 讯 · 繁 訊Mandarin · pinyin xùn
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- (bound form) to ask; to inquire
- (bound form) to interrogate; to question
- (bound form) news; information
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- (literary, or in compounds) to inquire; to ask
- (literary, or in compounds) to question; to interrogate
- (literary, or in compounds) to call to account; to admonish
- (literary, or in compounds) to state; to report
- (literary, or in compounds) message; information; news
- (obsolete, poetry) coda; conclusion
- (obsolete) captured prisoners
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